Jesus Alone

The Gospel According to St Mark

Taking Christ into Custody Pavel Popov

Today is the feast of St Mark. In his Lenten reflections, Rowan Williams describes Mark as “a Gospel of silences, of misunderstandings, of indirect and teasing communication,” a Gospel that tells the story of Jesus as the story of a “lifelong passion.” Jesus, in Mark’s vision, stands alone, abandoned—at last, even b…